Malachi 4:4 (YLT)

Passage

Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel--statutes and judgments.

Nearby Context

Malachi 4:2 And risen to you, ye who fear My name, Hath the sun of righteousness--and healing in its wings, And ye have gone forth, and have increased as calves of a stall.

Malachi 4:3 And ye have trodden down the wicked, For they are ashes under the soles of your feet, In the day that I am appointing, Said Jehovah of Hosts.

Malachi 4:4 Remember ye the law of Moses My servant, That I did command him in Horeb, For all Israel--statutes and judgments.

Malachi 4:5 Lo, I am sending to you Elijah the prophet, Before the coming of the day of Jehovah, The great and the fearful.

Malachi 4:6 And he hath turned back the heart of fathers to sons, And the heart of sons to their fathers, Before I come and have utterly smitten the land!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "remember", "moses", "servant", "command", "horeb", "israel--statutes", and "judgments". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "remember" and "moses", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "And ye have trodden down the wicked..." into verse 5's "Lo I am sending to you Elijah...", so "remember" and "moses" belong inside that flow. In Malachi context, the local focus is covenant faithfulness, priestly corruption, divine justice, and the coming day of the LORD.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "remember" and "moses" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.